Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGM

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Hey JB,

Didn't Blount have an outstanding Shaw's too??  I know guys are sick of
hearing this but we really must be patient and not jump the gun at this
time.  If there is a possibility of obtaining a Van Exel or an El-Amin, I
know which guy I'd prefer.

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: "JB" <JBMetzEA@yahoo.com>
To: "Celtics Stuff" <Celticsstuffgroup@Yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics@igtc"
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGM


> on 2/17/02 11:25 PM, MrSports9@aol.com at MrSports9@aol.com wrote:
>
> .... Bring in a point guard who can push the ball (maybe Khalid?) and let
> him and the rooks have some time together on the floor and try to set some
> uptempo pace. Maybe we would get as Lance says, some EASY BASKETS.  Then
if
> we could only find a rebounder (Oakley, Foster?) who could get the ball
off
> the glass and into said point guard's hands.  Hmmmm......Of course we
would
> then be reliant on Obieone playing Khalid (or whoever) and the rookies.
But
> what an opportunity that they're wasting. A chance to get easy points and
> rest your two point machines so they could have some legs for the fourth
> quarter. Wow! What a concept!  Best fast break team I ever saw was the
77-78
> Portland team.
>
> Brian
>             *************
>        What gets me about this, is that it was all out there, for everyone
> to see, at Shaw's this summer.
>        The team started out, unable to score, with Palacio at the point.
As
> soon as El-Amin got the starting job; the team, especially Joe Johnson,
> started to flow. They became a joy to watch and started winning.
>        Khalid was called "a special player," by "Curley" Papille. "Larry"
> O'Brien said he preferred him to Jacques Vaughn (in a discussion of free
> agent point guards), because of his offense. All thought he would be
signed,
> until "Moe" Wallace, spoke up, that they wouldn't offer him a guaranteed
> deal. Dallas did.
>        I can understand that a bit, but after Dallas let him go, what was
> their reason for not bringing him back? At this point, what it would cost
> them, to sign him for the rest of the season ? I think it's in the 100,000
> range.
>       Some of you may think I'm just on another El-Amin rant and I know
that
> I've been shrill and relentless on this aspect, but for those of you who
> were at Shaw's, or even watched a game with him and one without him, will
> know what I am talking about. Any true point guard, who could run the team
> that way, would do, but we've already seen Khalid be successful. He's had
> two years NBA experience and he's out there, waiting like a ripe pear
> (comical illusion to his Bagleyesque body shape?),  to be plucked.
>        Winning or losing; my view, all season, is that this team needs to
> pass the ball to be successful.  It's also become apparent that the
rookies
> need some open floor and an up-tempo game and that our top seven rotation
> players are playing too many minutes. I know management sees this.
>        They were all there, at Shaw's. The solution may be within arms
> length.
>        Brian mentions the other need, for an inside player with strength
and
> agility. Did I mention that Cleveland has put Brian Skinner on the
disabled
> list, for no apparent reason? Skinner can play power forward, but may be
> even better suited to the middle. He is a strong rebounder and a shot
> blocker. His contract is not a huge one, but it does run a few years.
Anyone
> out there care to check Patricia's site for the exact terms? Would you
mind
> passing on the link? I've lost it.
>         JB
>
>    Ps. I'm sorry (sort of) to have reverted to the three stooges reference
> to our brain trust. I know I'm up, high as a kite, after a win and down,
in
> the dumps, after a loss. They are giving us the best season since Pitino's
> first and the way the other teams are and will continue to beat each
other,
> it looks like the playoffs are coming into focus. I have to accede credit
to
> them all, for this.
>
>
>                   Unchain My Heart !